Meanings
plural indifferentiations
- A lack of differentiation in the senses
1 more example
Religious indifferentiation therefore stands for a third category of relation with the sacred, situated between the full identification of the sacred with the profane (as in ecstatic states) and their total separation (as in modern, disenchanted culture). Typically, folk religiosity greatly affirms the disposition to “indifferentiate”.
2014, Steven J. Sutcliffe, Ingvild Saelid Gilhus, New Age Spirituality: Rethinking Religion
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Latindifferentia
- New Latindifferentiō
- New Latindifferentiātus
- Englishdifferentiate
- Englishdifferentiation
- Englishindifferentiation
From in- + differentiation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French indifférenciation
- indifférenciationTranslations
Cite this entry
indifferentiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indifferentiation
“indifferentiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indifferentiation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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